Sokoto gets water treatment chemicals

Sokoto State Water Board has said it has concluded arrangements for the procurement of 3,650 metric tonnes of water treatment chemicals at the cost of N657 million.

The board’s General Manager, Mr. Ahmed Moyi Tambuwal, an engineer, told The Nation that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with a local company for the purchase of the chemicals.

“The essence is to provide clean water for domestic and public consumption in the state,” he said.

Moyi noted that there is a shortfall in the supply of water, adding that the board has started receiving stocks from the supplying firm for the treatment and pumping of raw water from Bakolori and Goronyo River Basins.

Moyi said the current water shortage being experienced in the metropolis would soon be over as water is being pumped to the affected areas.